2017 IIHF World U18 Championships

2017 IIHF U18 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Slovakia
Dates	13–23 April 2017
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	United States (10 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	196  (6.32 per game)
Attendance	73,690  (2,377 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Kristian Vesalainen
MVP	Kristian Vesalainen

The 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 19th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted by Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia. The tournament was played from 13 to 23 April 2017. Finland entered the tournament as the defending champions and once again advanced to the final, but this time they lost to the United States.

Top Division

Preliminary round

The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed team from both groups plays a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	4	4	0	0	0	23	10	13	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Canada	4	2	1	0	1	18	13	5	8
3	Slovakia	4	2	0	1	1	13	10	3	7
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	9	14	−5	3
5	Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	3	19	−16	0	Advance to Relegation round

13 April 2017 15:30

Latvia

1–4 (1–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Canada

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,435

Game reference
				Referees: Alex Dipietro Mikael Holm Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Park Jun-soo
	16 min	Penalties	32 min
	19	Shots	54

13 April 2017 19:30

Slovakia

4–5 (0–1, 4–3, 0–1)

Finland

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 3,935

Game reference
				Referees: Alexandre Garon Liam Sewell Linesmen: William Hancock II Jiří Ondráček
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	29

14 April 2017 19:30

Switzerland

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,210

Game reference
				Referees: Artur Kulev Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Emil Yletyinen
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	27

15 April 2017 15:30

Finland

5–1 (2–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Switzerland

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,962

Game reference
				Referees: Mikael Holm Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: William Hancock II Jiří Ondráček
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	26

15 April 2017 19:30

Canada

4–3 OT (3–1, 0–1, 0–1) OT: (1–0)

Slovakia

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 4,318

Game reference
				Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Park Jun-soo Emil Yletyinen
	28 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	29

16 April 2017 19:30

Latvia

2–7 (1–2, 1–3, 0–2)

Finland

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,116

Game reference
				Referees: Robert Hallin Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Lukáš Kacej
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	44

17 April 2017 15:30

Canada

7–3 (2–0, 1–2, 4–1)

Switzerland

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,562

Game reference
				Referees: Robert Hallin Liam Sewell Linesmen: Park Jun-soo Emil Yletyinen
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	30

17 April 2017 19:30

Slovakia

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 4,496

Game reference
				Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Marc Iwert Linesmen: Thomas Caillot William Hancock II
	16 min	Penalties	43 min
	36	Shots	15

18 April 2017 15:30

Finland

6–3 (1–1, 3–1, 2–1)

Canada

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 2,201

Game reference
				Referees: Marc Iwert Artur Kulev Linesmen: William Hancock II Emil Yletyinen
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	20

18 April 2017 19:30

Switzerland

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Slovakia

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 4,496

Game reference
				Referees: Mikael Holm Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Jiří Ondráček
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	23

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	22	7	15	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Russia	4	2	1	0	1	16	11	5	8
3	Sweden	4	2	0	0	2	8	12	−4	6
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	1	2	15	17	−2	4
5	Belarus	4	0	0	0	4	7	21	−14	0	Advance to Relegation round

13 April 2017 15:30

Belarus

0–7 (0–0, 0–5, 0–2)

United States

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 567

Game reference
				Referees: Robert Hallin Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Kriss Kupcus Lukáš Kacej
	0 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	51

13 April 2017 19:30

Russia

3–1 (0–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Sweden

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,350

Game reference
				Referees: Marc Iwert Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Roman Výleta
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	44

14 April 2017 19:30

Czech Republic

7–4 (2–1, 4–1, 1–2)

Belarus

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,231

Game reference
				Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Michael Harrington Park Jun-soo
	28 min	Penalties	32 min
	45	Shots	33

15 April 2017 15:30

United States

5–4 (0–1, 3–0, 2–3)

Russia

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 3,503

Game reference
				Referees: Alexandre Garon Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Michael Harrington Roman Výleta
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	28

15 April 2017 19:30

Sweden

3–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 3,126

Game reference
				Referees: Alex Dipietro Artur Kulev Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Lukáš Kacej
	14 min	Penalties	24 min
	38	Shots	34

16 April 2017 19:30

Belarus

2–3 (1–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 1,503

Game reference
				Referees: Marc Iwert Liam Sewell Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Kriss Kupcus
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	52

17 April 2017 15:30

United States

5–2 (2–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 3,856

Game reference
				Referees: Mikael Holm Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Michael Harrington Lukáš Kacej
	20 min	Penalties	18 min
	23	Shots	26

17 April 2017 19:30

Russia

4–1 (0–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Belarus

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 1,123

Game reference
				Referees: Alex Dipietro Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Kriss Kupcus Roman Výleta
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	32

18 April 2017 15:30

Sweden

1–5 (0–2, 1–1, 0–2)

United States

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,354

Game reference
				Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Roman Výleta
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	29

18 April 2017 19:30

Czech Republic

4–5 OT (1–1, 1–1, 2–2) OT: (0–1)

Russia

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,764

Game reference
				Referees: Alexandre Garon Robert Hallin Linesmen: Michael Harrington Kriss Kupcus
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	32

Relegation round

20 April 2017 11:30

Belarus

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 356

Game reference
				Referees: Alexandre Garon Robert Hallin Linesmen: Michael Harrington Lukáš Kacej
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	17

21 April 2017 17:30

Latvia

3–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Belarus

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 309

Game reference
				Referees: Alexandre Garon Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Park Jun-soo
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	33

23 April 2017 13:30

Belarus

3–1 (2–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 131

Game reference
				Referees: Marc Iwert Liam Sewell Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Jiří Ondráček
	20 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	24

• Latvia is relegated to the 2018 Division I A.

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

1A

Finland

6

4B

Czech Republic

5

1A

Finland

2

2B

Russia

1

2B

Russia

3

3A

Slovakia

2

1A

Finland

2

1B

United States

4

1B

United States

4

4A

Switzerland

2

1B

United States

4

3B

Sweden

3

2A

Canada

3

3B

Sweden

7

Quarterfinals

20 April 2017 13:30

Finland

6–5 OT (4–1, 1–3, 0–1) OT: (1–0)

Czech Republic

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 1,194

Game reference
				Referees: Artur Kulev Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Kriss Kupcus Emil Yletyinen
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	47

20 April 2017 15:30

Canada

3–7 (0–1, 2–3, 1–3)

Sweden

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,259

Game reference
				Referees: Alex Dipietro Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Roman Výleta
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	34

20 April 2017 17:30

Russia

3–2 OT (1–0, 0–2, 1–0) OT: 1–0)

Slovakia

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 4,496

Game reference
				Referees: Mikael Holm Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Thomas Caillot William Hancock II
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	42	Shots	41

20 April 2017 19:30

United States

4–2 (1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Switzerland

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,342

Game reference
				Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Liam Sewell Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Park Jun-soo
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	47	Shots	17

Semifinals

22 April 2017 15:30

Finland

2–1 OT (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) OT: (1–0)

Russia

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 2,936

Game reference
				Referees: Alex Dipietro Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: William Hancock II Roman Výleta
		1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	29

22 April 2017 19:30

United States

4–3 OT (1–0, 1–1, 1–2) OT: (1–0)

Sweden

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 2,732

Game reference
				Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Artur Kulev Linesmen: Kriss Kupcus Jiří Ondráček
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	29

Bronze medal game

23 April 2017 15:30

Russia

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 2,923

Game reference
				Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Markus Hägerström William Hancock II
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	30

Final

23 April 2017 19:30

United States

4–2 (2–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Finland

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 3,904

Game reference
				Referees: Alexandre Garon Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Michael Harrington Emil Yletyinen
	24 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	24

Final standings

Rank Team 1 ! United States 1 ! Finland 1 ! Russia 4th Sweden 5th Canada 6th Slovakia 7th Czech Republic 8th Switzerland 9th Belarus 10th Latvia Relegated to the 2018 Division I A Division I Main article: 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I Division I A The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 7 to 13 April 2017. Division I B The Division I B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 15 to 21 April 2017. Division II Main article: 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II Division II A The Division II A tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 2 to 8 April 2017. Division II B The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 13 to 19 March 2017. Division III Main article: 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Division III A The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan, from 21 to 27 March 2017. Division III B The Division III B tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 17 to 19 March 2017. References External links Tournament official website IIHF official website World Junior Championships IIHF World U20 Championship (1974-) Soviet Union 1974 - Canada 1975 - Finland 1976 - Czechoslovakia 1977 - Canada 1978 - Sweden 1979 - Finland 1980 - West Germany 1981 - United States 1982 - Soviet Union 1983 - Sweden 1984 - Finland 1985 - Canada 1986 - Czechoslovakia 1987 - Soviet Union 1988 - United States 1989 - Finland 1990 - Canada 1991 - Germany 1992 - Sweden 1993 - Czech Republic 1994 - Canada 1995 - United States 1996 - Switzerland 1997 - Finland 1998 - Canada 1999 - Sweden 2000 - Russia 2001 - Czech Republic 2002 - Canada 2003 - Finland 2004 - United States 2005 - Canada 2006 - Sweden 2007 - Czech Republic 2008 - Canada 2009 - Canada 2010 - United States 2011 - Canada 2012 - Russia 2013 - Sweden 2014 - Canada 2015 - Finland 2016 - Canada 2017 - United States 2018 - Canada 2019 - Czech Republic 2020 - Canada 2021 - Canada 2022 - Canada 2023 - Sweden 2024 IIHF World U18 Championship (1999-) Germany 1999 - Switzerland 2000 - Finland 2001 - Slovakia 2002 - Russia 2003 - Belarus 2004 - Czech Republic 2005 - Sweden 2006 - Finland 2007 - Russia 2008 - United States 2009 - Belarus 2010 - Germany 2011 - Czech Republic 2012 - Russia 2013 - Finland 2014 = Switzerland 2015 - United States 2016 - Slovakia 2017 - Russia 2018 - Sweden 2019 - United States 2020 - United States 2021 - Germany 2022 - Switzerland 2023 - Finland 2024 This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors).